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»The Haymaker

Davis, a low-spirited adolescent in Los Angeles, occupies himself by
stealing cars in the neighborhood. When he is caught breaking into the
car belonging to the owner of a local boxing gym, Davis forms and
unlikely friendship with the owner, George, who begins to train him as a
boxer. George attempts to provide Davis with a sense of direction in
life, but Davis struggles to define himself.

Daniel D'Alimonte is a filmmaker from Toronto, Ontario
and alumnus of the University of Toronto where he was selected for Don McKellar's
Universal Studios Canada Screenwriting program. He also earned an M.F.A. in directing from the
Conservatory of Motion Pictures at Dodge College of Film and
Media Arts. His mentors included Tom Mankiewicz, Dezso
Magyar and Academy Award winner David Ward. Daniel was the recipient of the
Cecil B. De Mille Best Director Award as voted by the conservatory's committee.
He's also the recipient of the Leo Freedman Outstanding Filmmaker Award for his
thesis film The Haymaker, which was voted best short film by audiences in both
Sacramento and New York. He's attended the Cannes Short Film Corner and
competed in Academy-Qualifying festivals with The Haymaker including the Bermuda
International Film Festival and FLICKERS Rhode Island.

Daniel was a script
reader at RKO Pictures in Los Angeles before returning to Toronto to attend the
Director's Lab at Norman Jewison's Canadian Film Center where he's developing
the feature script for The Haymaker.